Course list by area of linguistics

A full list of session 2 courses with classroom assignments is posted at session-2-schedule.pdf. For descriptions of classroom locations see ClassroomDirections.pdf; for a map highlighting classroom buildings see classroom-map.pdf.

Areal and historical linguistics

LSA 102 Anatolian and Indo-European | Anna Morpurgo Davies

LSA 103 Athabaskan linguistic structures | Keren Rice

LSA 117 Linguistic anthropology of language contact | Jane H. Hill

LSA 118 Linguistic prehistory and population genetics | Bernard Comrie

LSA 123 Prehistory of language | Jean-Marie Hombert

LSA 133 Topics in Tibeto-Burman historical/comparative linguistics | James A. Matisoff

LSA 134 Understanding typological distributions | Balthasar Bickel

LSA 136 Vedic Sanskrit grammar: Synchrony and diachrony | Gary B. Holland

LSA 202 Computational methods in linguistic reconstruction | Johanna Nichols, Don Ringe, and Tandy Warnow

LSA 211 Japanese and Korean historical syntax | John Whitman

LSA 212 Language contact and language change | Sarah Thomason

LSA 215 Linguistic areas and language contact (with a focus on Southeast Asia) | Nick Enfield

LSA 216 Linguistic effects of language attrition and shift | Carmel O'Shannessy

LSA 218 Mixed languages | Richard A. Rhodes

LSA 219 Morphological innovation and change | Adam Albright

LSA 225 Phonological typology of Papuan languages | Mark Donohue

LSA 230 Sound change in the laboratory | John J. Ohala

LSA 231 Tocharian and Indo-European | Jay Jasanoff

LSA 236 Wakashan linguistic structures | Emmon Bach and Patricia A. Shaw

LSA 303 Austronesian and Papuan historical linguistics | Malcolm Ross

LSA 306 Historical linguistics | Andrew Garrett and Paul Kiparsky

LSA 307 Indo-European linguistics | Mark R. Hale

 

Fieldwork and language documentation

LSA 108 Data management for field linguistics | Jeff Good

LSA 113 Field phonetics and phonetic typology | Ian Maddieson

LSA 115 Language documentation and language communities | Siri G. Tuttle

LSA 206 Field semantics and semantic typology | Birgit Hellwig

LSA 235 Verbal art | Lev Michael

LSA 309 Language documentation for cross-linguistic comparison | Stephen C. Levinson

LSA 310 Linguistic field methods | Pamela Munro

 

Language and thought

LSA 105 Construction grammar and typology | William Croft

LSA 106 Constructions and cognitive linguistics | Adele Goldberg

LSA 111 Evolution of language | Michael Tomasello

LSA 112 Experimental semantics | Teenie Matlock

LSA 114 Intersubjectivity in grammar | Arie Verhagen

LSA 119 Mental spaces and conceptual blending | Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner

LSA 126 Semantics and pragmatics of conditionals | Eve E. Sweetser

LSA 127 Semantics, grammar, and political linguistics in NTL | George Lakoff

LSA 205 Experimental and corpus-based approaches to metaphor | Benjamin Bergen

LSA 207 Gesture and language | Susan Duncan

LSA 222 Narrative and viewpoint | Barbara Dancygier

LSA 228 Semantic categorization in Australian languages | Alice Gaby

LSA 305 Grammar and social cognition | Nick Evans

LSA 317 Structure and function in signed languages | Terry Janzen

 

Language development and psycholinguistics

LSA 101 Acquisition of speech production | Mary E. Beckman

LSA 104 Auditory word recognition | Arthur G. Samuel

LSA 107 Crosslinguistic language acquisition | Sabine Stoll

LSA 111 Evolution of language | Michael Tomasello

LSA 112 Experimental semantics | Teenie Matlock

LSA 138 Language development in infancy and early childhood | Daniel Swingley

LSA 124 Prosody and language comprehension | Delphine Dahan

LSA 125 Psycholinguistics and syntactic corpora | T. Florian Jaeger

LSA 224 Phonological learning and typology | Elliott Moreton

LSA 227 Prosody and language production | Susanne Gahl

LSA 234 Usage effects in phonology and morphology | Jennifer Hay

 

Phonetics, phonology, and morphology

LSA 101 Acquisition of speech production | Mary E. Beckman

LSA 103 Athabaskan linguistic structures | Keren Rice

LSA 104 Auditory word recognition | Arthur G. Samuel

LSA 113 Field phonetics and phonetic typology | Ian Maddieson

LSA 121 Phonetic naturalness and unnaturalness in phonology | Eugene Buckley

LSA 122 Phonological structures in languages of the Horn of Africa | Sharon Rose

LSA 124 Prosody and language comprehension | Delphine Dahan

LSA 132 Topics in the phonology of Native American languages | Alan C. L. Yu

LSA 210 Intonational typology | Carlos Gussenhoven

LSA 217 Locality and nonlocality in phonology | Gunnar Ólafur Hansson

LSA 219 Morphological innovation and change | Adam Albright

LSA 221 Morphology-phonology interface | Sharon Inkelas

LSA 224 Phonological learning and typology | Elliott Moreton

LSA 225 Phonological typology of Papuan languages | Mark Donohue

LSA 227 Prosody and language production | Susanne Gahl

LSA 229 Sociophonetics | Robert Podesva

LSA 230 Sound change in the laboratory | John J. Ohala

LSA 232 Tone system typology | Larry M. Hyman

LSA 234 Usage effects in phonology and morphology | Jennifer Hay

LSA 236 Wakashan linguistic structures | Emmon Bach and Patricia A. Shaw

LSA 301 Acoustic phonetics | Richard Wright

LSA 302 Articulatory phonetics | Bryan Gick and Ian Wilson

LSA 304 Correspondence and the phonological lexicon | Donca Steriade

LSA 311 Morphological theory | Geert Booij

LSA 312 Phonological theory | John Harris

 

Sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology

LSA 109 Deixis and indexicality | William F. Hanks

LSA 111 Evolution of language | Michael Tomasello

LSA 117 Linguistic anthropology of language contact | Jane H. Hill

LSA 131 The language of public discourse | Geoffrey Nunberg

LSA 201 Bilingualism | Devyani Sharma

LSA 204 Dialect contact and dialect formation | Paul Kerswill

LSA 212 Language contact and language change | Sarah Thomason

LSA 213 Language revitalization | Leanne Hinton

LSA 216 Linguistic effects of language attrition and shift | Carmel O'Shannessy

LSA 218 Mixed languages | Richard A. Rhodes

LSA 229 Sociophonetics | Robert Podesva

LSA 235 Verbal art | Lev Michael

LSA 305 Grammar and social cognition | Nick Evans

LSA 315 Sociolinguistics of style | Mary Bucholtz

LSA 316 Sociolinguistics of variation | Dennis R. Preston

 

Syntax, semantics, and morphology

LSA 103 Athabaskan linguistic structures | Keren Rice

LSA 105 Construction grammar and typology | William Croft

LSA 106 Constructions and cognitive linguistics | Adele Goldberg

LSA 107 Crosslinguistic language acquisition | Sabine Stoll

LSA 109 Deixis and indexicality | William F. Hanks

LSA 110 English grammar | Geoffrey K. Pullum

LSA 112 Experimental semantics | Teenie Matlock

LSA 114 Intersubjectivity in grammar | Arie Verhagen

LSA 116 Lexical semantics of verbs | Beth Levin

LSA 120 Morphosyntactic features and inflectional morphology | Greville G. Corbett

LSA 125 Psycholinguistics and syntactic corpora | T. Florian Jaeger

LSA 126 Semantics and pragmatics of conditionals | Eve E. Sweetser

LSA 127 Semantics, grammar, and political linguistics in NTL | George Lakoff

LSA 128 Semantics of tense cross-linguistically | Judith Tonhauser

LSA 129 Syntax and information structure at the interface | Maria Polinsky

LSA 130 Syntax of Indonesian languages | Peter Austin

LSA 135 Usage frequency effects in syntax | Martin Haspelmath

LSA 201 Bilingualism | Devyani Sharma

LSA 203 Crosslinguistic compositional semantics | Maria Bittner

LSA 206 Field semantics and semantic typology | Birgit Hellwig

LSA 211 Japanese and Korean historical syntax | John Whitman

LSA 220 Morphology, syntax, and semantics of modals | Kai von Fintel and Sabine Iatridou

LSA 223 Nominal classification | Frank Seifart

LSA 226 Polarity and scalarity | Michael Israel

LSA 228 Semantic categorization in Australian languages | Alice Gaby

LSA 233 Typology of Sinitic languages | Hilary Chappell

LSA 236 Wakashan linguistic structures | Emmon Bach and Patricia A. Shaw

LSA 305 Grammar and social cognition | Nick Evans

LSA 309 Language documentation for cross-linguistic comparison | Stephen C. Levinson

LSA 311 Morphological theory | Geert Booij

LSA 313 Pragmatics | Gregory Ward

LSA 314 Semantics | Chris Barker

LSA 317 Structure and function in signed languages | Terry Janzen

LSA 318 Syntactic dependencies | Line Mikkelsen and Eric Potsdam

LSA 319 Syntax of argument structure | Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.

 

Languages of Africa

LSA 122 Phonological structures in languages of the Horn of Africa | Sharon Rose

LSA 206 Field semantics and semantic typology | Birgit Hellwig

 

Languages of the Americas

LSA 103 Athabaskan linguistic structures | Keren Rice

LSA 109 Deixis and indexicality | William F. Hanks

LSA 128 Semantics of tense cross-linguistically | Judith Tonhauser

LSA 132 Topics in the phonology of Native American languages | Alan C. L. Yu

LSA 214 Language use in Amazonia | Patience Epps

LSA 218 Mixed languages | Richard A. Rhodes

LSA 236 Wakashan linguistic structures | Emmon Bach and Patricia A. Shaw

 

Languages of Australia and the Pacific

LSA 130 Syntax of Indonesian languages | Peter Austin

LSA 216 Linguistic effects of language attrition and shift | Carmel O'Shannessy

LSA 225 Phonological typology of Papuan languages | Mark Donohue

LSA 228 Semantic categorization in Australian languages | Alice Gaby

LSA 303 Austronesian and Papuan historical linguistics | Malcolm Ross

 

Languages of Eurasia

LSA 102 Anatolian and Indo-European | Anna Morpurgo Davies

LSA 110 English grammar | Geoffrey K. Pullum

LSA 130 Syntax of Indonesian languages | Peter Austin

LSA 133 Topics in Tibeto-Burman historical/comparative linguistics | James A. Matisoff

LSA 136 Vedic Sanskrit grammar: Synchrony and diachrony | Gary B. Holland

LSA 211 Japanese and Korean historical syntax | John Whitman

LSA 215 Linguistic areas and language contact (with a focus on Southeast Asia) | Nick Enfield

LSA 231 Tocharian and Indo-European | Jay Jasanoff

LSA 233 Typology of Sinitic languages | Hilary Chappell

LSA 307 Indo-European linguistics | Mark R. Hale